Meet your brand-new old friend. The Martin DE Retro Plus Mahogany is the real deal – a genuine Martin that’s not your grandparent’s guitar but might one day be your grandkid’s. Inspired by our legendary 18-style flagship models, this acoustic-electric Dreadnought combines powerful tone and iconic design with cutting-edge craftsmanship. Its torrefied solid spruce top is thermally aged for enhanced resonance and a beautifully seasoned sound, delivering the rich, broken-in tone of a vintage instrument from the first strum. It’s the same premium feature long reserved for our Authentic and Modern Deluxe series, now available for the first time ever in the Road Series. Combined with solid mahogany back and sides, scalloped spruce X bracing, a Performing Artist neck, and an ebony fingerboard and bridge, this guitar has everything you could want in an acoustic. It even comes stage-ready with Martin E1 electronics, featuring a built-in tuner and controls for dialing in your perfect live tone. Ideal as a gigging workhorse or your first step into premium acoustics, this guitar delivers best-in-class quality at an unbeatable value for serious players, and a lifetime of inspiration for anyone who picks one up. Just be warned, you won’t be able to put it down – because nothing compares to a Martin.

Body Size: D-14 Fret
Finish Top: Gloss
Construction: Mortise & Tenon Neck Joint
Back and Side Finish: Gloss
Bracing Pattern: X-Brace
Scale Length: 25.4"
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Top Material: Torrefied Spruce
Neck Shape: PA Profile
Back Material: Mahogany
Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
Side Material: Mahogany
Electronics: Yes
Electronics Options: Martin E1
Top Color: Aging Toner
Bridge Style: Modern Belly
Binding: Black
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Bridge Material: Ebony
Top Detail: None
Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic
Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
Bridge Pin Dots: None
Pickguard Inlay: None
Saddle: White Tusq
Rosette: Old Style 18 Boltaron
Saddle Radius: 16"
Brace Material: Spruce
Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
Brace Size: 5/16"
Back Detail: None
Back Purfling/Strip: None
Back Inlay Material: None
Heelcap: Black
Side Detail: None
Endpiece: None
Side Inlay Material: None
Endpiece Inlay: None
Neck Material: Select Hardwood
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Finish Neck: Satin
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
Number of Frets Total: 20
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Faux Abalone
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Fingerboard Binding Material: None
Side Dots: White
Headstock Shape: Solid
Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear
Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
Knob: Butterbean
Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay
Nut Material: White Corian
Headplate Binding Material: None
Case: Softshell
Left Handed Availability: True
Label: Paper Label
Pleked: True